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Assessment

Games provide new ways of assessing learning. Already games like Typing House of the Dead or Metal Gear Solid record player's actions to provide players feedback or add an added dimension of interactivity.

Imagine a game that recorded all of a player's actions in a world. Players might then compare their performance to experts, or to their peers, and reflect on the differences among them. Intelligent agents might also be used to analyze user performance.

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Networked computer technologies also provide exciting opportunities for facilitating peer assessments. Voting and rating systems can be embedded in educational software applcations to allow communities of users to rate and provide feedback on one another's performances.

Video: Typing House of the Dead PC / .avi 1.9 MB)
  Mac / .mov (.mov 6 MB)

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